02 November 2009

2nd November: World Pneumonia Day

Today, 2 November 2009, we are celebrating for the first time the "World Pneumonia Day",thanks to the initiative of Save the Children, the GAVI Alliance, PneumoADIP at the JohnsHopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Hedge Funds vs.

28 Oktober 2009

UN’s Strategic Plan Set for the Next Six Years

October 23, 2009-To celebrate the upcoming UN Day which annually takes place on October 24 around the world, The United Nations in Uzbekistan in close cooperation with Government of the Republic of Uzbekistan launched the United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) for Uzbekistan for 2010-2015.

28 Oktober 2009

HIV BRIEF Issue 15, 2009

UZBEKISTAN - CENTRAL ASIA UZBEKISTAN Y-PEER NETWORK CONTINUES TO GROW - On September 19-23, 2009, twenty new members joined the Uzbekistan Youth Peer Educational Network (Y-PEER) after taking part in a 5-day training in Fergana. Participants referred to this training as "Five days of study and five days of personal and professional growth." Volunteers, aged 17-24 and coming from different parts of Uzbekistan, gathered together in the heart of Fergana valley to gain knowledge and training skills in the area of young people's health, including reproductive health. The training was part of a series of Y-PEER trainings organized by UNFPA in cooperation with national partners to support programmes targeted at promotion of healthy lifestyles among young people in Uzbekistan. Prevention of HIV, STIs and drug use were the major topics discussed by participants, who all work in various projects and programmes countrywide to empower young people to protect themselves from these risks. More information about Y-PEER can be found at: www.youthpeer.uz. For more information, please contact Odina Salihbaeva at: salihbaeva@unfpa.org    

02 September 2009

Announcement

UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) and UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) are jointly announcing the call for submission of good practices and tools on DRR in Education. This initiative is implemented within DIPECHO V project with the financial support of European Commission's Humanitarian Aid department (ECHO).  

18 August 2009

Workshop on “Health Care Waste Management”, 25-27 August 2009

WHO CO Uzbekistan - CDS/TDI unit - is organizing this workshop in cooperation with the Ministry of Health.